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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1919
Page
4
Victor Murdock argues the 7 p m hour determines a man’s fate, as the pivotal fork between productive leisure and frivolous leisure. He cites that most success comes from disciplined use of waking hours to choose better forms of work and self improvement.
A wartime verse by Walt Mason criticizes lavish government spending and wartime waste. The speaker urges ending the carnival of excess, saving taxes and wages, and ensuring future generations see redemption through prudent use of earned earnings.
Patrick H. Williams left for Gettysburg to attend the Lutheran Theological Seminary. Margaret Wright recovered from mumps. Rev H E H Gloop visited Winchester. T S Cooper and son John Randolph visited Star Tannery. Mrs P P Glynn and daughters visited Winchester. Alice White visits her grandfather John Snapp. Loring Wright and son Donard spent the afternoon with H E Stoop. J J Crabill and Roy were in Winchester on business and Crabill bought a motor truck from the late D A Cammer of Mount Williams.
Minnie Wood Chapel in Virginia reports revival services ongoing for about ten days with ongoing gatherings and renewed religious activity in the local community.
The column lists visits and family ties across towns, with Rev. C D leading a church gathering last afternoon. It notes Mabel Shackleford and Louise of Washington visiting kin, Elizabeth Hook in Millwood, Ruth sisters, and several gatherings at Millwood homes. Multiple local residents and friends, including the Deck sisters recovering from typhoid, are mentioned along with various diary-style movements.
Residents in Cross Junction and nearby areas report visits from Herbert Stottler of Pittsburgh and relatives from Winchester. Typhoid fever recovery continues for Mirse Braithwaite while Dorothy Higgins returns from Washington and Hazel Baker joins other locals. Mrs G H Edwards shows improvement after illness. Sunday guests at C G Baker's home include Gilbert DeHaven Albert Angell and family of Winchester.
The American consulate in London processes applicants seeking emigration to the United States. Most are rejected unless a solid justification exists. Queue lengths vary from five to one hundred, with about nine in ten applicants receiving visas. A wealthy Briton and a man seeking to marry abroad reveal the strict scrutiny and caution used by the consulate staff.
Mr and Mrs W W McDonald express heartfelt thanks for sympathy and floral tributes following the death of their son and brother Wiling Irving McDonald and family note their appreciation from friends.
The report notes rising crude petroleum output in Mexico from 1901 to 1918, totaling 285 million barrels with steady gains each year. In 1918 production reached 63.8 million barrels, with El Aguila and Huasteca wells contributing 37.1 million barrels, and Tampico leading exports at 5.27 million tons.
The piece argues money scarcity and high prices return in a future tight-money era. It recalls Civil War era prices for tea, coffee, sugar, flour, and other goods to illustrate how inflation and shortages create hardship, noting panics from 1873 and later without sufficient work or funds.
Schedule shows trains in effect at 7 p m for Bristol and intermediate stations with a Pullman parlor car to Bristol and the southbound No 27 at 5 53 p m to Shenandoah and intermediate stations.
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